Brick-siding machine



wrmsss: ATTORNEY Jan. 8, 1929. 1,698,434

' J. FULENWIDER ET AL BRICK SIDING MACHINE Filed June 26. 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORSL Jan. 8, 1929.

J. FULENWIDER ET AL I BRICK SIDING MACHINE Filed un 26. 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORSI 9 H; V I

BY {I r WITNESS' W ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 8, i229.

JESSE nULnnwrnnn, HARRY rnnnuwrnnn, n'nwaan- WILLIA nonfrnson, AND

HARRY nonnrs, or savannen, GEORGIA, Ass'renons' To earn anssr, seren-WIDER AND SAID HARRY FULENWIDER.

BRICK-SEEING MACHINE.

Application filed June 2c, 1926. seat No. 118,720. g

The object of this invention is to provide means for automaticallythrowing n out a clutch by means of which the rolls or a machine of thecharacter indicated are controlled, so that the rotation of tie rollsmay be dis-continued atpredetermined intervals.

A, further object is to eii'ect this result bv providing one of the'gearwheels through which the drive forthe rolls imparted, with an adjustabledevice carrying a cam,

this cam engaging a device carried by a In the drawlngs forming part orthis ap-,

plication, v

Figure 1 is a view of the machine in elevation.

Figure 2 is an elevation from another angle.

Figure 3 shows, in perspective, detached elementsby means of which theclutch is controlled. V

The base of the machine is designated 10,

and carried thereby are standards 11 and 12 in which the rolls 13 and 14are mounted.

These rolls are designed to form beads "or the like in blanks of sheetmetal, in imitation of brick work. The roll 13 therefore includesannular beads 17 and ribs 18 connecting the beads, these elements 17 and18 cooperating with grooves and 16 in roll 14. It is obvious that thisarrangement may be reversed, and that the beads may be carri'ed bytheother rolls.

A shaft 20 is mounted in bearings 21 and 22, the bearings beingadjustable by crank elements 24 and 25, andthis shaft is driven frompulley wheel 26, the hub portion of which constitutes a clutchelement27, with which slidable clutch element 28 is adapted tocooperate. The element 28 is controlled in part by a spring 29encircling the shaft 20, and is further controlled by a yoke 30. mountedon an arm 32 of stationary brackets 33. p

The yoke includes a stem 34 and a laterally extending portion 35provided with slots 36 and 37, thru which screws 38 are adapted to pass,these screws entering bar 39 carrying lug. 40. Bar 39 is therefore ad-.justable or slidable in view of the mounting tl1ereof,:just referredto, and thelug 40 is engaged by cam of ring 43, the ele ment last namedbeingmounted in an annular'gr'oove or channelin oneside of gear wheel45. The ring is retained in the groove by lugs 46, and may be adjustedin order to place cam 42 in any desired position.

Clutch element 28, being splined on shaft 20, imparts drive, when the.clutch'is in, t0 the upper and lower rolls 13 and 14, thru gear wheels48 and 49, and the gearing shown conventionally at'the right and left ofFigure: 1, the particular elements involved in the train of gearing notbeing claimed. Shaft 20 and the rolls 13 and 14 are re tarded when theclutch is thrown out by mounting the slotted collar 53 of Figure 4loosely on the shaft, this collar being held against stationary collar54 by spring 55.

The slotted collar is engaged by a lug 56, and rotation'of the collar istherefore prevented, but the frictional contact provided between collar53 and stationary collar54 is sufficient to prevent operation by reasonof momentum after the power is cut off.

A foot lever 58 is pivoted at 59, and a flexible device 60, connectedwith the lever intermediate of its ends, passes over pulley 61, and issecured at 62. Spring 63 is secured at 64 and 65, and holds bar 39 inposition and element 40 thereof will normally be in operative positionwith reference to cam 42, but said elements 39, and 40 are adapted to becontrolled by pedal or foot lever 58.v

' It will be observed from the construction disclosed, that the clutchwill be thrown out automatically when the rolls have turned thru a.predetermined angle, and that engaging device 40 maybe moved out of thepath of cam 42 at the will of the operator by shifting the position ofbar 39 on bar 35,

swinging yoke 30, manually, on its pivot.

. We claim r 1. In a machine of. the'character described, a plurality offorming rolls, a driving shaft,'gearing thru which the rollsare drivenby the shaft, a slidable clutch element on the shaft, a driving pulleyon said v shaft, the pulley including a clutch element cooperating Withthat first named, a pivoted member for releasing the slidable clutchelement, a rotatable cam driven in timed relation to the rolls,said-pivoted member including a laterally offset slotted arm and aslidable device on the arm including a cam engaging lug, this device onthe arm When engaged operating said pivoted member and releasing theclutch, and means for mounting the cam for adjustment angularly of itspath of rotation.

2111' a" machine of the character described, a plurality of formingrolls, a driving shaft, gearing thru Which the rolls are driven by theshaft, a slidable clutch ele ment on the shaft, a driving pulley on saidshaft, thepulley including a clutch elementcooperating with that firstnamed, a pivoted 7 member for releasing the slidable clutch ele' ment, arotatable cam driven in timed rela tion to the rolls, circumferentiallychanneled means mounting the cam, and a deviceon the pivoted member inthe path of movement of the cam, this. device When engaged operatlngsaid pivoted member and releasing the clutch, stationary means andcooperating rotatable friction means on the driving shaft In testimonywhereof We aflixoursignatures Jnssn FULENWIDER. HARRYFULENWIDER- EDWARDW; ROBINSON. H. NORRIS.

